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Retro reflections: On The Final Fantasy Legend – my first handheld JRPG

March 31, 2017

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Retro reflections by Matt S For Australians, it wasn’t always easy being a fan of JRPGs. In fact, it was almost impossible, without resorting to doing certain dodgy things with emulators and the like. So many JRPGs were never released in Australia. So many more of them, if they were…

Review: Narcosis (PC)

March 31, 2017

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Review by Nick H. Narcosis does a great job of taking familiar elements found in most horror games and spins them into something a little new and different. The result is a somewhat short but ultimately satisfying horror experience that can be played on a standard computer monitor, but is…

The catch-up coffee: Friday, March 31, 2017

March 30, 2017

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Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee Dee)! Apple’s about to…

Review: Thimbleweed Park (PC)

March 30, 2017

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Review by Nick Hu. If the much-awaited resurgence of adventure games is something you’ve been holding your breath for, you’d best embrace your inner Threepwood, as Thimbleweed Park is not the herald of that day. While there’s been a huge amount of anticipation for this game, spilling out of the…

Review: R.B.I. Baseball 17 (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 30, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Out of all the sporting codes out there, there’s one – and only one, as far as I can tell – that feels like it can produce its own video games. The R.B.I. series of baseball games is developed and produced by the MLB itself. Take…

Review: FlatOut 4 (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 30, 2017

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Review by Jim S. FlatOut 4 is a sequel to an absolutely terrible game. Sure the first two, in a series that stretches back as far as 2004, had been decent enough, but FlatOut 3 was that bad that it should have been a franchise ending event. Thankfully that was…

The catch-up coffee: Thursday, March 30, 2017

March 29, 2017

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News by Matt S. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee…

Review: Out of the Park Baseball 18 (PC)

March 29, 2017

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Review by Harvard L. I’ll gladly preface this review by saying I’m not the biggest baseball fan in the world – I was drawn to Out of the Park more for the spreadsheets rather than the sport – but I can confess that my time with the 2018 edition of…

Review: Everything (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 29, 2017

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Review by Matt C. You’d probably think me crazy if I told you that you are, in the most literal sense possible, the chair you’re sitting on and the house in which you reside. If I told you that you are Donald Trump, you’d probably punch me (and be justified…

Review: The Nonary Games (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 28, 2017

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Review by Matt S. It’s been a good couple of weeks for super-smart visual novels. On the one hand, you’ve got Danganronpa 1+2 Reload. It’s bright, it’s colourful. It has sexy anime girls and awesome anime guys, and even a cute mascot character. Sure that mascot is also a psychopathic…

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